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How BATS Will "Improve" The Market For Thinly Traded Stocks: Stop …

As Nanex’s Eric Hunsader pointed out, while the well-paid HFT-lobbyists proclaim their rigging clients “knit together liquidity from all markets,” it appears BATS’ new CEO (since the lying old one left) disagrees. The exchange that caters significantly to the front-running HFTs believes it knows how to improve the market for thinly traded stocks… it will stop handling them.As Bloomberg reports,

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Have Short Sellers Given Up On Solar Stocks? – First Solar, Inc …

Related FSLRBy 2016, All Solar Investors Will Know The Name ‘8point3’New ETF From BlackRock And EdelmanEnergy Yieldcos On The Rise(Investor’s Business Daily)Related RGSEEarnings Scheduled For March 31, 2015SolarCity, Sunedison Earnings Drag Down Solar SectorShort sellers shied away again from many of the leading U.S. solar-related stocks between the March 13 and March 31 settlement dates. The most significant downswings in […]

Top Alternative Investments To The Stock Market – Investopedia

Discussions about investing are seldom complete without the mention of stock markets—the gains, risks, and opportunities. Sure, stocks and linked products like mutual funds are a part of many investor portfolios, but not all. Many investors are wary of the stock markets for a number of reasons and are thus looking at other investment options. There are a wide variety […]

2 Biotech Stocks Deutsche Bank Just Initiated

Shares of Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: SGNT) and Impax Laboratories Inc (NASDAQ: IPXL) were up on Wednesday, after analysts at Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on Tuesday.
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The analysts initiated coverage of Sagent with a Buy rating and a $29 price target. They say they have always liked the biotech company’s “focus on the attractive generic injectables segment but now believe […]

5 Biotech Stocks Roth Capital Analysts Are Watching – Celldex …

Related CLDXWhy Cowen & Co Likes Celldex Therapeutics Following Its FDA ‘Breakthrough’Biotech Stocks Moving HigherCelldex Therapeutics(Investor’s Business Daily)Related BLRXMorning Market GainersBenzinga’s Top #PreMarket GainersRoth Capital Weighs In On 5 Biotech Stocks To Watch(Seeking Alpha)As the biotech sector becomes more volatile, analyst Joseph Pantginis of Roth Capital points out that it is increasingly necessary to “focus on names with definitive catalysts.”Though […]

Playing Defense In The Stock Market Right Now Doesn't Make You …

I’ve taken some flak recently for my persistently bearish views of the stock market over the past year. Rightfully so. I’ve been dead wrong. And with a record level of bulls it should come as no surprise that they’d like gloat.But I’d like to make a few things clear. First, I’m not a perma-bear. Far from it. I was rip-snorting bullish […]

Stock-Market Crashes Through the Ages – Part II – 19th Century …

Follow ZeroHedge in Real-Time on FinancialjuiceStock-market crashes saw the light of day more and more as the world became industrialized. The 19th century saw a rapid increase in their numbers.There’s money to be had at any time, whether the market is going up or down. But, it’s avoiding the downs and pulling out before the things start to go haywire […]

Today's Stock Market Rally Only Makes Things Worse :: The Market …

Today’s Stock Market Rally Only Makes Things WorseStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Apr 06, 2015 – 05:18 PM GMTBy: Anthony_CherniawskiThe Primary Dealers are using this morning’s action as another selling opportunity. A lot of retail traders had layered in buy orders all the way down to 2050.00 which may have been filled on Friday. This is a ready market for the […]

The One Biotech Stock That Looks Like a Bargain These Days

Over the course of this long bull market, biotech stocks have been very, very good for their owners. Perhaps too good. Investors have shown such rabid enthusiasm for biotechs—especially small, unproven companies that have yet to bring a drug to market—that some observers are using another b word to describe the high-flying sector: bubble.See Also: 8 Stocks Under $10 Worth […]

Is there a Relationship Between the Economy and Stock Market?

Long story short… yes, there appears to be a relationship between economic growth and stock market performance within the U.S. (and developed world), but that relationship holds only over longer periods of time and does not hold for all countries (less developed countries often “divert” growth to the political elite). Also, for those interested in the relationship between long-term economic […]